DC Comics was the first out of the gate with 1979’s Classic Superman and 1989’s Batman. Both films established DC as the king of comic book movies. On the other side of the tracks, Marvel was bumbling around for decades never getting anywhere with their adaptations. As we now know the Marvel Cinematic Universe (read those scripts here) is the most profitable movie franchise in Hollywood history while DC Comics is having a hard time catching up.
DC Comics has made some amazing adaptations, Chris Nolan’s Batman trilogy comes to mind, and there seems to be a light at the end of the tunnel for them. Take a read of the long history of produced and un-produced screenplays based on DC Comics.
The screenplays below are the only ones that are available online. If you find any of his missing screenplays please leave the link int he comment section.
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SUPERMAN: THE MOVIE (1978)
Screenplay by Tom Mankiewicz
SUPERMAN II (1979)
Screenplay by Tom Mankiewicz
SUPERMAN III (1982)
Screenplay by David Newman and Leslie Newman
SUPERMAN IV: THE QUEST FOR PEACE (1986)
Screenplay by Mark Rosenthal and Lawrence Konner
MAN OF STEEL (2013)
Screenplay by David S. Goyer
BATMAN (1989)
Story by Bob Kane and Sam Hamm; Screenplay by Sam Hamm and Warren Skaaren
BATMAN RETURNS (1992)
Story by Bob Kane (characters), Daniel Waters, and Sam Hamm; Screenplay by Daniel Waters
BATMAN FOREVER (1995)
Screenplay by Akiva Goldman
BATMAN AND ROBIN (1997)
Screenplay by Akiva Goldman
BATMAN BEGINS (2005)
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan and David Goyer
THE DARK KNIGHT (2008)
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
THE DARK KNIGHT RISES (2012)
Screenplay by Christopher Nolan, Jonathan Nolan
BATMAN V SUPERMAN: DAWN OF JUSTICE (2016)
Screenplay by Chris Terrio and David S. Goyer
WONDER WOMAN (2017)
Screenplay by Allan Heinberg
JOKER (2019)
Screenplay by Todd Phillips and Scott Silver
DC VERTIGO COMICS MOVIES
CONSTANTINE (2005)
Screenplay by Kevin Brodbin
V FOR VENDETTA (2005)
Screenplay by Larry and Andy Wachowski
WATCHMAN (2009)
Screenplay by David Hayter and Alex Tse
UN-PRODUCED SCREENPLAYS
CATWOMAN (1993)
Screenplay by Daniel Waters
THE BATMAN (1984)
Screenplay by Tom Mankiewicz
BATMAN (1986)
Screenplay by Sam Hamm
ASYLUM (2002)
Screenplay by Andrew Kevin Walker
BATMAN: YEAR ONE (UNKNOWN)
Screenplay by UNKNOWN
PREACHER (UNDATED)
Screenplay by Garth Ennis
LOBO (UNDATED)
Screenplay by Jerrold Brown
SUPERMAN REBORN (1997)
Screenplay by Mark Jones and Cary Bates
SUPERMAN LIVES (1997)
Screenplay by Kevin Smith
SUPERMAN LIVES (1998)
Screenplay by Dan Gilroy
WONDER WOMAN (2004)
Screenplay by Laeta Kalogridis
WONDER WOMAN (2006)
Screenplay by Joss Whedon
JUSTICE LEAGUE: ORIGINS (UNKNOWN)
Screenplay by Chad Handley
SUICIDE SQUAD (UNKNOWN)
Screenplay by Justin Marks
SHAZAM! (UNKNOWN)
Screenplay by UNKNOWN
ZACK SNYDER’S JUSTICE LEAGUE (The Snyder Cut)
Coming as soon as it gets released